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1) Do you have great expectations for Palm's future?
No, they have waited too long between releases and missed the boat. They allowed the Blackberry to gain the high ground and become the critical business element that they could have been. They spent too long perfecting their flawed input system and never got email right.
2) Do you still expect great products from Palm?
Want, hope, yes. Believe, no.
3) Do you think your next smartphone will be a Treo?
I still use a Sprint Samsung i500 with Palm OS 4.1. I do all of the input on my PC and do a one-way sync to the phone. I never bother to add data to the phone and upload it to the PC. It took me about 10 minutes to write a 2 line (~70 characters) note once and I never tried again. There was a nice flow to the OS but it is showing its age. Since the reading functions are now taken over by the Sony Reader and almost all phones have implemented an expanded directory/contact function, the advantages of the Palm are marginal.
4) Is Palm even relevant to the future of mobile computing?
They have made themselves marginal. I look at the new offering and think I'm looking at a copy of a 12 year old Psion.
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